Title Record Resource

For the past three plus years, a dedicated team of
volunteers have met weekly at the KCGS office to index the index card resource
once used by the Chicago Title and
Trust Company to access the
title records in their possession. With
this effort by the KCGS volunteers, over 71,000 entries have been identified.

The index cards cover title search transactions from the
early-mid 1900s and provide connection to the contents of the title record
abstracts. While the contents of the index
cover the entirety of Kane County, not all title search transactions were
completed by Chicago Title and Trust.

In the coming weeks and months, KCGS will be working with
the Geneva History Center, which houses the abstract books, to make the data available
to researchers. Once processing is finalized, the resource will be another
great option for those with Kane County ancestors.